Control topic of meeting on Southern Illinois mosquitoes
A panel in Carbondale discussed the common house mosquito, Culex pipiens, and its link to St. Louis Encephalitis. Dr. Norman J. Rose and experts from the Health Department and SIU outlined disease risks, transmission by mosquitoes and birds, and the need for sanitation and public education to curb breeding.
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Illinois
Southern Illinois Health and Sanitation
Carbondale Armory
Norman J. Rose
State Health Department
St. Louis
Rose
J. C. Downey
Southern Illinois University
Downey
Roy McGee
Jackson County Health Department
McGee
Carbondale
John I. Wright
Wright
H. J. Banton
Alexander Pulaskini-County Health Department
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details
The Southern Illinoisan is published Sundays and daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinois Publications Inc. with offices in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and is entered as second class matter at Carbondale Post Office. It is successor to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent. The Associated Press is exclusive for local news and dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Bondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Ill
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
California Union Reunion Set for Sunday Picnic
The annual Union County Picnic will be held Sunday, July 7, in Banning, near Wilmington, California. Russell J. Manus of Torrance chairs the event, which draws Union Countians from Southern California and Arizona. the site is on Pacific Coast Highway Route 101, three miles north of Long Beach, marked by a sign reading Union County Illinois Reunion.
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Union County
Banningark
Wilmington
Calif
Lesa Union
California
Arizona
Russell J. Manus
Torrance
Southern Illinois
Long Beach
Union County Illinois
Fire Delays Firemen’s Fish Fry
The $200,000 Marion fire delayed a Carbondale firemen’s annual fish fry when an alarm sounded during cooking. Regulars and volunteers postponed the event for five hours to fight the blaze. The fish were caught by Volunteer Fireman Mack D Lannom on a Florida trip.
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Marion
Carbondale
Mack D Lannom
Florida
Rites Set for Mrs Vaughn in Murphysboro
Funeral services for Mrs. Joe Ann Brown Vaughn 79 of Murphysboro will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Meyer-Denny Funeral Home with the Rev. R C Lewis officiating. Burial will be in Tower Grove Cemetery. She leaves a sister Mrs Jesse Wright of Anna. She was married to Floyd F Brown who died in 1949 and to Pleasant Vaughn Sr. who survives. Born in Thompsonville in 1878 she had lived in Murphysboro since 1917.
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Joe Ann Brown Vaughn
Murphysboro
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
R. C. Lewis
Tower Grove Cemetery
Jessie Wright
Anna
Floyd F Brown
Pleasant Vaughn Sr
Thompsonville
Vets Install New Officers at Herrin Barracks
Veterans of World War 1 installed officers and received a charter Tuesday night at Herrin Barracks. Budd Lovell Hess of Eldorado served as stalling officer. Officers named: Hugh Grimes commander Ennis Turner senior vice commander Robert Jones junior vice commander Acquilla Sandusky judge advocate Loren Margraves chaplain James Patterson trustee C F Nash trustee Fred Vaughn trustee Fred Venters quartermaster Earl Moore adjutant. Attending included State Commander Nichol H Bond Mattoon Lovell Hess First District Commander Eldorado Harry Hall assistant chief of staff Centralia Homer Jarvis state inspector Centralia.
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Herrin Barracks
Buddy Lovell Hess
Eldorado
Hugh Grimes
Ennis Turner
Robert Jones
Acquilla Sandusky
Loren Margraves
James Patterson
C.F. Nash
Fred Vaughn
Fred Venters
Earl Moore
Nichol H. Bond
Mattoon
Lovell Hess
Harry Hall
Centralia
Homer Jarvis
Don’t Scratch That Itch In Just 15 Minutes Ad
An old drugstore advertisement promises relief from itch in 15 minutes with H ME NOT. It claims quick, germ-cutting action for eczema ringworm insect bites and surface itching. Local guarantee by Hewitt Drug Co. Carbondale. Karr Drag Herrin Hagler’s Murphysboro.
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Hewitt Drug Co
Carbondale
Karr
Herrin Hagler’s
Murphysboro
Rubber Gains English Name From Priestley Discovery
Rubber, originally called here in Peru, earned its English name after Joseph Priestley accidentally discovered the gum could rub out pencil marks.
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Rubber
Joseph
Primatene Formulas Given Over The Counter In 1956
New York reports Primatene, a three medicine asthma formula once prescribed by doctors, is now available without prescription. Tests show quick relief from attacks and hours of breathing freedom, with a money back guarantee at drugstores for 98 cents. Whitehall Pharmacal Co.
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New York
N. Y
Whitehall Pharmacal Ca
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Omaha
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Carbondale, Ill
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Park Ave
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Mer. P. O. Box
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Cambria, Il
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E. Broadway St
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Life Insurance Society
Fornom Street
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